Re: [DMCForum] Clutch woes

[Ryan Wright <ryanpwright@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ah, I found the photo!! Didn't see your previous message. Thanks Marc.

This looks familiar now, and I'm going to say I'm pretty sure the
flywheel had both levels when I reinstalled it. Not 100% positive, but
this looks a lot more familiar than the clean cut of a brake rotor I
had pictured in my mind.

I wonder if my clutch fork clip modification failed in a bad way?

Looks like I'm going to have to open it up again and see what the heck
is going on... darnit.

-Ryan

On 6/3/05, Ryan Wright <ryanpwright@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I posted the photo last night...
> 
> Where?? I can't find it...
> 
> > Is it possible you installed the clutch fork wrong??
> > Did you put that little clip behind the pall pivot, or
> > in front?
> 
> The clutch fork is an interesting story. When I pulled it, the little
> clip just broke in half. It was old and stressed and had some rust on
> it and just fell apart in my hands. I sandblasted the clutch fork
> itself and put a coat of primer on it. Then I modified the clip, as
> follows:
> 
> The "clip" part of the clip was intact and in good condition. I just
> had to replace the broken "shaft" of it. So I took a couple pieces of
> strapping metal - it's "springy" and returns to it's original position
> when you release it - riveted that to the clip and to the clutch fork.
> It was darn near an exact replacement and still sprang back when I
> pulled on it a bit.
> 
> Reinstalling, the clip went behind the pivot thing, "holding" the
> clutch fork to it.
> 
> -Ryan
> 
> On 6/3/05, Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I posted the photo last night...
> >
> > Is it possible you installed the clutch fork wrong??
> > Did you put that little clip behind the pall pivot, or
> > in front?
> >
> > --- Ryan Wright <ryanpwright@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Unfortunately I did not take any pictures; my wife
> > > has a few somewhere
> > > of the car in pieces, but I know the flywheel won't
> > > be in there
> > > anywhere because it went from the car straight to
> > > the store, then
> > > straight back onto the car a day later.
> > >
> > > So, I bled the clutch tonight. Unfortunately, it
> > > didn't make any
> > > difference. Also, there's a new noise - sounds like
> > > a very slight,
> > > difficult to hear metallic scraping. This noise
> > > varies with engine RPM
> > > and comes from the transmission area. It's so quiet
> > > you can't hear it
> > > over the exhaust standing at the back of the car,
> > > but from within the
> > > car it's there; I leaned down next to the car,
> > > reached in and pushed
> > > on the gas pedal, and I could hear it much better.
> > > Definitely coming
> > > from the clutch/transmission area.
> > >
> > > The noise doesn't change whether the clutch is in or
> > > out. Doesn't
> > > change whether I'm in gear or neutral, moving or
> > > stopped. I can
> > > vaguely hear it at all speeds. It does go away at
> > > idle.
> > >
> > > The car still moves no problem. I've been driving it
> > > to work the last
> > > few days and the clutch is not slipping or anything.
> > > I've driven cars
> > > with clutches so bad you had to feather the engine
> > > to keep moving -
> > > clutches that had literally only a couple of miles
> > > left before you
> > > were stranded - so I know what that feels like, and
> > > my car isn't in
> > > that situation (yet?).
> > >
> > > Any more ideas? I mean, I can pull the transmission
> > > again, but I don't
> > > know what I'd be looking for other than checking the
> > > flywheel (let me
> > > know when you can get that picture, Marc - that
> > > would really help).
> > > I've got half a mind to just take it to someone else
> > > and let them fix
> > > it. I don't really want to deal with it again
> > > myself. 'course, I might
> > > not get the car back in one piece... that's my real
> > > worry.
> > >
> > > On top of all this I still have to fix that stupid
> > > "glug glug" noise;
> > > I've got a lot of great ideas from a lot of people,
> > > but I don't know
> > > enough about the fuel injection system to put most
> > > of them into
> > > practice. I really wish I lived close to a good
> > > DeLorean mechanic in
> > > times like these... somewhere I could drop my car
> > > off for repair when
> > > I get tired of fixing it myself.
> > >
> > > -Ryan
> >
> >
> >
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